VirtualBox 6.1 - Creating a New Virtual Machine VM

VirtualBox - Creating a New Virtual Machine VM
1. On the console screen, select the Machine Menu, click the "New"

2. Enter the name of the virtual machine, the type of the operating system and the specific verison of the operating system, then click the "Next" button. If you are using a 64-bit host OS, you can choose between 32-bit and 64-bit VMs. If you are using a 32-bit host OS, you can only use 32-bit guests.

3. Enter the amount of memory required by the VM and click the "Next" button. Remember to leave enough memory for the host OS to work properly. If you are running multiple VMs, try not to overallocate the memory or your host OS will start swapping like crazy.

4. Accept the option to create a new virtual hard drive by clicking the "Create" button.

5. Unless you have a specific file type requirement, accept the default VDI type by clicking the "Next" button.

6. Accept the dynamically allocated option by clicking the "Next" button.

7. If you don't want to use the defaults, enter the required location, name and size of the virtual disk and click the "Create" button.

8. On the resulting Console screen, click on the "Settings" section.

9. Amend the boot order, placing "Hard Disk" at the top and unchecking the "Floppy" option.

10. Click on the "Storage" section and click on the empty CD/DVD entry. In the attributes section, click the CD/DVD icon and select the ISO image you wish to use to install the OS, then click the "OK" button. Strictly speaking this is not necessary as you will be prompted for it on first boot.

11. With the VM highlighted, click the "Start" button.

12. The VM will boot into the OS installation, just like a regular machine. Proceed with the installation as usual.
13. Once the snapshot is taken, you can go back to work on the VM.

You can also create a snapshot from a VM in a pause or off state. To do this, select the VM in the left pane, click the Snapshots button in the upper right corner, select Current State, and then click the Snapshots button
Select Current State, and then click the Take button
It's important to fill out the name and description because you might take multiple snapshots, and you don't want to get those snapshots confused; plus, this allows you to restore back to multiple points in the configuration.
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